I really need to get to work and should try to make some much-needed moola. I have a zillion ideas. If you follow my work you know I like to work in series because there is always so much to explore when I open my heart, engage my curiosity and dive into a theme. When I adventure or create, I most often love the MAJOR expeditions. But major expeditions take a large focused commitment of time and resources. I am currently short on both as the intensity of my mother's care takes major portions of my time and resources. So I find myself settling for more simple quickie excursions - both inside and outside my studio. I must be patient and wait for the correct time to launch another major series. I found myself alone in the studio with a blank skateboard deck. Many local artists have been given a blank deck to decorate to raise funds for the local skateboard park. I was never any good at skateboarding myself - but I find it encouraging when youth and adults alike are motivated outside to play.

I found myself playing with a box of scrap woodcarving leftover from earlier bronze vessel projects (the carved wood vessels are sacrificed into several pieces during the mold-making process). The carved trout would have been a crowd pleaser in this fly fishing community. Of course I want the project to bring in good money for McNair Skatepark but I felt myself more drawn to the carved leaves and my desire to paint a bunny...